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WHITNE IT HAS CERTAINLY BEEN
AN INTERESTING CASE.
THE QUESTION IS, HOW DID A WOMAN
WHO ON CAMERA SAID SHE WAS MORE
THAN 5000% SURE SHE WANTED TO
GET HER HUSBAND KILLED GET
ANOTHER MISTRIAL?
HER ATTORNEY SAYS THIS IS BIGGER
THAN DALIA DIPPOLITO.
A JURY OF SIX SPLIT DOWN THE
MIDDLE WEDNESDAY.
THREE SAY DALIA DIPPOLITO IS
GUILTY, THREE SAY SHE'S INNOCENT
IN THIS MURDER FOR HIRE RETRIAL.
DESPITE THE TEARS AND HUGS IN
COURT, HER ATTORNEY BRIAN
CLAYPOOL SAYS IT'S NOT A WIN,
BUT IT'S PROGRESS.
>> WE'VE GONE FROM SLAM DUNK TO
45 MINUTES DELIBERATION IN THE
FIRST CASE TO A DAY AND A HA
OF DELIBERATION IN SECOND CASE.
WHITNEY: WHILE UNDERCOVER TAPES
SHOWED DIPPOLITO HIRING THE GUY
WHO SHE THOUGHT WAS A HIT MAN TO
KILL HER THEN-HUSBAND, CLAYPOOL
SAYS THE RECORDINGS WERE THE
RESULT OF IMPROPER AND ILLEGAL
POLICE PRACTICES, BUILDING HIS
DEFENSE AROUND CLAIMS THE
FAME-HUNGRY BOYNTON BEACH POLICE
DEPARTMENT WAS SET ON GETTING A
JUICY STORY TO ENTICE THE TV
SHOW "COPS."
>> WE'LL GO TO OUR GRAVE KNOWING
THAT THE BOYNTON BEACH POLICE
DEPARTMENT MANUFACTURED THIS
ALLEGED CRIME FOR ONE REASON --
TO MAKE GOOD REALITY TV.
WHITNEY: IN A STATEMENT, BOYNTON
BEACH POLICE SAY WE STAND BEHIND
THE PRINCIPLED WORK OUR
DETECTIVES DID ON THIS
INVESTIGATION.
WE TRUST IN OUR STATE ATTORNEY
TO SUCCESSFULLY PROSECUTE THIS
CASE.
BUT THE JURORS WERE ALSO HANDED
A MAJOR BOMBSHELL IN CLOSING
ARGUMENTS.
>> YOU HEARD TODAY IN COURT
DALIA DIPPOLITO HAS A LITTLE BOY
AND THAT'S ALL WE'RE GONNA SAY.
WHITNEY: EVEN AFTER HE DECLARED
A MISTRIAL, THE JUDGE HIMSELF,
DUMBFOUNDED.
>> NORMALLY THERE ARE ORDERS IN
THE FILE CONCERNING PERMISSION
TO GO TO HOSPITALS, PRENATAL
CARE, POST-NATAL CARE.
I DON'T RECALL SEEING ANY OF
THAT.
WHITNEY: AND AS DIPPOLITO HEADS
BACK FOR HOUSE ARREST, SHE GOES
HOME TO HER INFANT SON
THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAYS
THEY WILL RETRY THIS CASE AT ITS
EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY.